The Myth of American Idealism - How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World

'Truly eye-opening . . . The most accessible and coherent introduction to Chomsky's ideas' Irish Times<BR><BR>The land of the free. The home of the brave. But what has America achieved in the aim of 'spreading democracy' - except wreak havoc across the globe and establish a reckless foreign policy that serves the interest of few and has endangered all too many?<BR><BR>In this timely book, Noam Chomsky writing with Nathan J. Robinson, vividly traces America's pursuit of global domination - from Washington's role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - offering an incisive critique of the self-serving myths that dominant elites in the United States continue to push.<BR><BR>Thorough, urgent and provocative, The Myth of American Idealism offers a highly readable entry to the conclusions Noam Chomsky has come to after a lifetime of thought and activism.<BR><BR>'An incredibly valuable teaching tool' Los Angeles Review of Books